Events
Join Cotton for 30 minutes of singing and music-time fun.
The N.C. Museum of Art offers live performances for kids on Wednesdays in June and July. Get there early or buy your tickets in advance. Performances, which are about 50 minutes, often sell out.
Schedule:
Our Music Together program exposes your little ones to wonderful music while teaching you to use songs and musical instruments to enhance your child's development. Early Integration of music into your child's daily routine promotes their ability to think, reason, create, and express. With this approach to music applications we will take the basis forms of sound and consciously use them and reinforce the structure of rhyme and language. The classes are available for a mixed age group.
Come one, come all, because Beach Music is back at North Hills!
Join us each Friday at 10:30 am for our weekly storytime on our children's stage. We will read a different story each week and create something fun following the story.
This summer, Noah's Landing is inviting 6-8 year-olds to go "behind the scenes" at the non-profit children's zoo this summer during a series of afternoon camps specially designed for our youngest animal lovers.
Looking for fresh, locally grown veggies and fruit in Western Wake County? Come to the Western Wake Farmers' Market on Saturdays, May - November, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. See website for details: http://www.westernwakefarmersmarket.org/.
Have you ever wondered what types of fruit a vervet monkey likes
best? Or what it takes to care for a muntjac deer in captivity? This
summer, local kids are invited to go "behind the scenes" with the
animals at Noah's Landing for a series of summer camps and weekend
classes designed to teach the basics of animal care and zoology.
Bring the family out to experience and learn the art of fishing. We will cover the fundamentals of fishing.
That will include fishing habitat, equipment and techniques. You will learn all the basics to start fishing. The whole family will learn how to catch fish and have fun.
All children ages 5-12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Saturday, April 11th, 2009 from 9am-11:30am
Saturday, July 11th, 2009 from 9am-11:30am
Bang, honk, blow and pluck at Music Day at Marbles Kids Museum. Music Day is part of Cross Currents Chamber Music Festival, with a variety of performances this month. The event includes giveaways, crafts and more. Click here for details.
Join over thirty direct vendors, crafters and artists in the local trade here in Wake Forest and the surrounding areas.
By shopping with the local businesses and artists in your community you are helping your community grow strong and stay strong.
You'll find handmade items as well as direct sales vendors and there will plenty to choose from.
Free morning workshops for families at the N.C. Museum of Art. Kids and adults will delight in creating projects, discovering one another's creativity, and learning about art together. A different theme each week means there's always something new to explore. Limited space; call to enroll (919) 664-6828.
July 11 Time Line
July 18 Off the Wall
July 25 An Accordion Art Book
South Carolina-based trio, Lunch Money is a favorite indie-pop kids group with whimsical songs fun for all ages. Their melodic and playful lyrics are sure to get the audience clapping and singing along, covering topics from a cookie as big as my head to a trip to the zoo and a visit to the library, among lots, lots more! If you like Justin Roberts and other kindie-rock artists, you won't want to miss this show! What a great way to beat the heat with this special summertime SuperFun Show! www.lunchmoneymusic.com
Join us at the North Carolina Museum of History on July 11th from 1 – 3 pm to make a game to take home and look at photos of mountain life in the exhibit On Earth’s Furrowed Brow: The Appalachian Farm in Photographs. Tim Barnwell’s images provide a window into a world that is fast fading away — the world of rural farm families in western North Carolina. His photographs document traditional mountain life over a quarter century.
The American Dance Festival will feature a special one-hour performance of Pilobolus for kids at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Durham Performing Arts Center. Go to www.americandancefestival.org for details. Then head over to the Nasher Museum of Art , 2001 Campus Dr. for a Community Day from 2 to 4:30 p.m. The event, held in conjunction with the festival, includes the Paperhand Puppet Intervention and Scrap Exchange. Go to www.nasher.duke.edu for details.
Paperhand Puppet Intervention and the Scrap Exchange offer fun activities for children of all ages.
The North Carolina Symphony presents PLAY! A Video Game Symphony, a concert showcasing the sights and sounds of new and classic video games. Accompanied by the Concert Singers of Cary Chamber Choir, the Symphony will play music from a catalogue of blockbuster video game titles, as memorable scenes are projected onto large video screens above the orchestra.
The N.C. Museum of Art features Kung Fu Panda. The fun starts at 7 p.m. with paper lantern crafts, a meet and greet with a larger-than-life pudgy panda, martial arts stage demonstrations and giveaways. The movie starts at 9 p.m.
Serena's Song, the world's first wheelchair-accessible hot air balloon, will return to Raleigh on July 12-14 to offer free rides to individuals with disabilities at Spring Forest Road Park, located at 4203 Spring Forest Road, just east of Capital Boulevard. Weather permitting, rides will be given all three days from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Thanks to a grant from Durham Regional Hospital, Kidzu Children's Museum is free on Sundays through September 2009.
Read more here.
Raleigh hosts its popular free concert series at Fletcher Park near downtown.
Here's the schedule:
June 7: Milagro Saints
June 14: Filmore Valley Boys
June 21: Jaisun and Rafiel
June 28: Raleigh Concert Band
July 5: No concert
Serena’s Song, the world’s first wheelchair-accessible hot air balloon, will return to Raleigh on July 12-14 to offer free rides to individuals with disabilities at Spring Forest Road Park, located at 4203 Spring Forest Road, just east of Capital Boulevard. Weather permitting, rides will be given all three days from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Come and learn about the variety of flags flown throughout American history, then design your own flag to fly at home! This program will be held at North Carolina Museum of History for children ages 3 – 5 with an adult on July 7th and July 14th from 10 – 10:45am. To register, call 919-807-7992.
Join Cotton for 30 minutes of singing and music-time fun.
Get ready for the latest Harry Potter movie at this Wizard Rock concert at Cary's Borders book store. The Blibbering Humdingers will before.
Click here to find out where the movie is playing in the Triangle. It opens at midnight.
Children and their caregivers discover a new adventure in the box each week at the N.C. Museum of Art. Activities are designed to stretch the imagination, foster an interest in art, and introduce children to the Museum in fun and engaging ways.
Schedule:
June 10 Imitation with the Fifth
June 24 Me, Myself and I
July 15 Surprise
July 29 Under the Golden Parasol
Join Cotton for 30 minutes of singing and music-time fun.
The N.C. Museum of Art offers live performances for kids on Wednesdays in June and July. Get there early or buy your tickets in advance. Performances, which are about 50 minutes, often sell out.
Schedule:
Our Music Together program exposes your little ones to wonderful music while teaching you to use songs and musical instruments to enhance your child's development. Early Integration of music into your child's daily routine promotes their ability to think, reason, create, and express. With this approach to music applications we will take the basis forms of sound and consciously use them and reinforce the structure of rhyme and language. The classes are available for a mixed age group.
Come one, come all, because Beach Music is back at North Hills!
Join us each Friday at 10:30 am for our weekly storytime on our children's stage. We will read a different story each week and create something fun following the story.
This summer, Noah's Landing is inviting 6-8 year-olds to go "behind the scenes" at the non-profit children's zoo this summer during a series of afternoon camps specially designed for our youngest animal lovers.
Music Explorium and Shannon Morrow present and extravaganza of music, percussion and melody. Enjoy the music and participate in hands-on activities, including interactive drum circles and instrument-making using recycled materials. The evening kicks off with a feature performance by RTOOT (the Really Terrible Orchestra Of the Triangle, a new regional symphony under the baton of W. Sands Hobgood), in addition to a performance by the Scene of the Crime Rovers, Durham's own community street band.
Looking for fresh, locally grown veggies and fruit in Western Wake County? Come to the Western Wake Farmers' Market on Saturdays, May - November, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. See website for details: http://www.westernwakefarmersmarket.org/.
Learn all about the tropics at this special event tied to the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences' special exhibit Chocolate. The event includes games, crafts, special presentations and some live animals on display. Click here for details.
The event is free and admission will be reduced on Saturday to the Chocolate exhibit. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $3 for kids ages 5 to 11. Regular admission to Chocolate is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and $4 for kids ages 5 to 11.
Have you ever wondered what types of fruit a vervet monkey likes
best? Or what it takes to care for a muntjac deer in captivity? This
summer, local kids are invited to go "behind the scenes" with the
animals at Noah's Landing for a series of summer camps and weekend
classes designed to teach the basics of animal care and zoology.
Jewelry, wood crafts, pottery, hand bags, quilts and more plus entertainment and activities for kids. Here's more information (scroll down to the "special events" section).
Free morning workshops for families at the N.C. Museum of Art. Kids and adults will delight in creating projects, discovering one another's creativity, and learning about art together. A different theme each week means there's always something new to explore. Limited space; call to enroll (919) 664-6828.
July 11 Time Line
July 18 Off the Wall
July 25 An Accordion Art Book
Meet a scientist ... and this Saturday at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center that's Duane Deardorff, a UNC-Chapel Hill physics professor, who will demonstrate the basic laws of physics and relate them to daily life. The Physics of Everyday Phenomena presentations are at 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill.
What’s that? How does it work? Become a museum detective with the help of a docent and discover how unusual artifacts are identified. Then see Museum Sleuths: Whatchamacallits and Thingamajigs, an exhibit with uncommon items that will befuddle or bemuse you. Guaranteed. So join us at the North Carolina Museum of History on July 18th from 1 – 3pm.
Bring the whole family to Borders for a special Day of Happiness and SpongeBob celebration with stories, games, giveaways and more. SpongeBob is stuck in Bikini Bottom and can't be with us, but
we'll have fun anyway!
Go to www.borders.com for store locations.
Get ready! Dan Zanes and Friends
are headed to the Museum Park Theater for their first Triangle
appearance. Dan and his talented band of merry musicians are adored by
millions of kids (and parents, too!) who've seen Dan's House Party videos on Playhouse Disney and listened over and over again to his many wonderful music CDs. (Catch That Train! received the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children in 2007.)
Thanks to a grant from Durham Regional Hospital, Kidzu Children's Museum is free on Sundays through September 2009.
Read more here.
Raleigh hosts its popular free concert series at Fletcher Park near downtown.
Here's the schedule:
June 7: Milagro Saints
June 14: Filmore Valley Boys
June 21: Jaisun and Rafiel
June 28: Raleigh Concert Band
July 5: No concert
Join Cotton for 30 minutes of singing and music-time fun.
Join Cotton for 30 minutes of singing and music-time fun.
The N.C. Museum of Art offers live performances for kids on Wednesdays in June and July. Get there early or buy your tickets in advance. Performances, which are about 50 minutes, often sell out.
Schedule:
Our Music Together program exposes your little ones to wonderful music while teaching you to use songs and musical instruments to enhance your child's development. Early Integration of music into your child's daily routine promotes their ability to think, reason, create, and express. With this approach to music applications we will take the basis forms of sound and consciously use them and reinforce the structure of rhyme and language. The classes are available for a mixed age group.
Come one, come all, because Beach Music is back at North Hills!
Nearly 50 kids ages 10 to 18 perform in the classic "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Click here for more information.
Performances are 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
The massive sale at the N.C. State Fairgrounds runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 25 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 26 (which is 50 percent off day).
Click here for more information.
Join us each Friday at 10:30 am for our weekly storytime on our children's stage. We will read a different story each week and create something fun following the story.
This summer, Noah's Landing is inviting 6-8 year-olds to go "behind the scenes" at the non-profit children's zoo this summer during a series of afternoon camps specially designed for our youngest animal lovers.
Nearly 50 kids ages 10 to 18 perform in the classic "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Click here for more information.
Performances are 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Teen Bounce Night at BounceU of Apex!!!
Come join us for our Teen Bounce Night! You'll enjoy 1.5 hours of bouncing time and late night pizza dinner.
Admission is $10.00 per person- includes pizza and drink (for teens ages 13-18)
Space is limited and reservations are recommended.
Call: 303-3368 for reservations
BounceU is located at 3419 Apex Peakway (off Perry Rd.)
Driving directions:
Looking for fresh, locally grown veggies and fruit in Western Wake County? Come to the Western Wake Farmers' Market on Saturdays, May - November, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. See website for details: http://www.westernwakefarmersmarket.org/.
Have you ever wondered what types of fruit a vervet monkey likes
best? Or what it takes to care for a muntjac deer in captivity? This
summer, local kids are invited to go "behind the scenes" with the
animals at Noah's Landing for a series of summer camps and weekend
classes designed to teach the basics of animal care and zoology.
The massive sale at the N.C. State Fairgrounds runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 25 and
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 26 (which is 50 percent off day).
Click here for more information.
An unforgettable journey to the Late Cretaceous period–77 million to 65 million years ago. Weave along the half-mile forest path and witness two dozen life-sized dinosaur models, including the 65-foot-long Alamosaurus.
Free morning workshops for families at the N.C. Museum of Art. Kids and adults will delight in creating projects, discovering one another's creativity, and learning about art together. A different theme each week means there's always something new to explore. Limited space; call to enroll (919) 664-6828.
July 11 Time Line
July 18 Off the Wall
July 25 An Accordion Art Book
Nearly 50 kids ages 10 to 18 perform in the classic "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Click here for more information.
Performances are 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
The massive sale at the N.C. State Fairgrounds runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 25 and
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 26 (which is 50 percent off day).
Click here for more information.
Learn about art with your kids at Ackland Art Museum’s Family Fun Tour,
at 1:15 p.m. Sunday. The free program is designed for kids ages 6 to 12
with their families.
Thanks to a grant from Durham Regional Hospital, Kidzu Children's Museum is free on Sundays through September 2009.
Read more here.
Nearly 50 kids ages 10 to 18 perform the classic play. Click here for details.
Raleigh hosts its popular free concert series at Fletcher Park near downtown.
Here's the schedule:
June 7: Milagro Saints
June 14: Filmore Valley Boys
June 21: Jaisun and Rafiel
June 28: Raleigh Concert Band
July 5: No concert
Have you ever wondered what types of fruit a vervet monkey likes
best? Or what it takes to care for a muntjac deer in captivity? This
summer, local kids are invited to go "behind the scenes" with the
animals at Noah's Landing for a series of summer camps and weekend
classes designed to teach the basics of animal care and zoology.
Have you ever wondered what types of fruit a vervet monkey likes
best? Or what it takes to care for a muntjac deer in captivity? This
summer, local kids are invited to go "behind the scenes" with the
animals at Noah's Landing for a series of summer camps and weekend
classes designed to teach the basics of animal care and zoology.
Join Cotton for 30 minutes of singing and music-time fun.
Come to Chick-fil-A at Capital Crossing (4621 Capital Blvd.) on Tuesday, July 28th from 5:30-7:30pm and participate in our Kid's Night. Dress like a Pirate or your favorite Under the Sea character and come eat, play, and make a great craft.
Dinner promotion=Buy a combo meal and receive a free 4-count nugget kid's meal from 5:30-7:30pm.
We look forward to seeing you and don't forget to EAT MORE CHICKEN!
Have you ever wondered what types of fruit a vervet monkey likes
best? Or what it takes to care for a muntjac deer in captivity? This
summer, local kids are invited to go "behind the scenes" with the
animals at Noah's Landing for a series of summer camps and weekend
classes designed to teach the basics of animal care and zoology.
Join Cotton for 30 minutes of singing and music-time fun.
Parent's Night Out:
Firday, July 10th
Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Give your kids an unforgettable night. Children ages 4 and older are invited to spend an evening enjoying lots of craft, dinner, a movie, and lots of fun bouncing while parents have a fun time elsewhere! Pizza and drinks are included.
This event costs $25 for one child plus $15 for each additional sibling. Parent can drop off their kids starting at 6:00pm.
For more information, please call (919) 303-3368.
Have you ever wondered what types of fruit a vervet monkey likes
best? Or what it takes to care for a muntjac deer in captivity? This
summer, local kids are invited to go "behind the scenes" with the
animals at Noah's Landing for a series of summer camps and weekend
classes designed to teach the basics of animal care and zoology.
Our Music Together program exposes your little ones to wonderful music while teaching you to use songs and musical instruments to enhance your child's development. Early Integration of music into your child's daily routine promotes their ability to think, reason, create, and express. With this approach to music applications we will take the basis forms of sound and consciously use them and reinforce the structure of rhyme and language. The classes are available for a mixed age group.
Come one, come all, because Beach Music is back at North Hills!
Have you ever wondered what types of fruit a vervet monkey likes
best? Or what it takes to care for a muntjac deer in captivity? This
summer, local kids are invited to go "behind the scenes" with the
animals at Noah's Landing for a series of summer camps and weekend
classes designed to teach the basics of animal care and zoology.
Join us each Friday at 10:30 am for our weekly storytime on our children's stage. We will read a different story each week and create something fun following the story.
It's a special event at the new GreenPea Nursery -- your resource for better choices and unique finds for baby and beyond -- abound in the new, larger, street-level location at 106 N. Salem Street in downtown Apex. Today, take advantage of some great specials (and Saturday too; see that day's event listing for more details about those...) as part of our Grand Re-Opening event!
From Noon to 8pm on Friday 7/31 you'll find special savings and events including:
This summer, Noah's Landing is inviting 6-8 year-olds to go "behind the scenes" at the non-profit children's zoo this summer during a series of afternoon camps specially designed for our youngest animal lovers.
Mommie, led by The Connell's lead singer Doug MacMillan plays its kid-friendly power pop music at Seaboard Station's Friday night concert series. Click here for details about Seaboard's music series. And here's more about Mommie.
Mommie also will perform at The Factory in Wake Forest at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13.
Spots are still available for this weekends dance convention at the Raleigh Crabtree Marriott.
The 2009 Vision Dance Convention will be the second annual event
held to benefit Raleigh's local Leukemia and Lymphoma Society chapter
by donating proceeds in honor of those who have battled and are
currently fighting blood cancers.
Looking for fresh, locally grown veggies and fruit in Western Wake County? Come to the Western Wake Farmers' Market on Saturdays, May - November, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. See website for details: http://www.westernwakefarmersmarket.org/.
Have you ever wondered what types of fruit a vervet monkey likes
best? Or what it takes to care for a muntjac deer in captivity? This
summer, local kids are invited to go "behind the scenes" with the
animals at Noah's Landing for a series of summer camps and weekend
classes designed to teach the basics of animal care and zoology.
Twenty children will walk the runway, and 7 winners will go home with great prizes from our generous sponsors. Lunch will be free for all attendees, served by Coffee & Crepes. Free professional Face Painting by Jandy & Co. Inflatable games from Bounce U.
Produced by La Boutique for Kids.
The fun and specials continue today at GreenPea Nursery at 106 N. Salem St in downtown Apex in celebration of the new larger, street-level location:
Enjoy all the free stuff at the fifth annual Children's Good News
Spectacular from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Saturday at the N.C. State
Fairgrounds' Jim Graham Building. The event includes games,
inflatables, an illusion show, along with popcorn, snowcones and
drinks. Everything is free. Sponsors include the Child Evangelism
Fellowship, a Bible centered, international Christian fellowship
dedicated to converting children to Christ.
Learn ways kids can make their home, school and community more
environmentally friendly during a free performance by the Traveling
Teacher Show at The Eye of the Eagle Art in downtown Clayton.
Dangerous pirates once prowled the waters along the coast of North Carolina. Join us at the North Carolina Museum of History on August 1st from 1 – 3 pm to make a portrait of Blackbeard, the most feared pirate of them all.
Get your American Girl dolls out and head over to the N.C. Museum of Art showing of “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl” at 9 p.m. Saturday. The night starts two hours earlier at 7 p.m. with an American Girl look-alike contest and crafts. All kids under 12 will get a free ice cream courtsey of Ben & Jerry's. The G-rated movie releaesd last year stars Abigail Breslin as Kit, an aspiring reporter and amateur sleuth during the Depression.
Spots are still available for this weekends dance convention at the Raleigh Crabtree Marriott.
The 2009 Vision Dance Convention will be the second annual event
held to benefit Raleigh's local Leukemia and Lymphoma Society chapter
by donating proceeds in honor of those who have battled and are
currently fighting blood cancers.
Thanks to a grant from Durham Regional Hospital, Kidzu Children's Museum is free on Sundays through September 2009.
Read more here.
Raleigh hosts its popular free concert series at Fletcher Park near downtown.
Here's the schedule:
June 7: Milagro Saints
June 14: Filmore Valley Boys
June 21: Jaisun and Rafiel
June 28: Raleigh Concert Band
July 5: No concert
The North Carolina Museum of History invites children ages 3 – 5 (with an adult) to come and learn how people in the past kept cool in hot weather, listen to a story, and make a summer craft. This program will be held on August 4th and 11th from 10 – 10:45 am. To register, call (919)807-7992.
Join Cotton for 30 minutes of singing and music-time fun.
Eco-Creativity in the Lifestyle Center at Whole Foods Raleigh with The Traveling Teacher Show! This class will be great fun for kids as they express their eco-creativity by using clean, safe, recycled & reusable materials. During our August Bash, we'll be using all sorts of cool, recycled items & our imagination to make awesome puppets! Our own puppet Org will be there to join in the fun! Sign up today, class size is limited. Pre-register at the Customer Service Desk or by calling 828-5805 for more information.
Join Cotton for 30 minutes of singing and music-time fun.
Join the Wake County Public Libraries for an afternoon of reading fun at Marbles.
Birdman Dave presents“Amazon Rainforest” on Thursday, August 6 from 8:45-9:30am.
On August 6th from 10 – 11 am, children ages 5-9 (with an adult) are invited to the North Carolina Museum of History to learn about the boats that people on our coast built and used to go to work, school, church, and just about everywhere else. Make a model workboat to take home. This program is presented with Cameron Village Regional Library. To register, call (919)807-7992.
Enjoy a free watermelon slice, visit with the N.C. Watermelon Queen and check out the largest watermelon contest at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh.
Come one, come all, because Beach Music is back at North Hills!
Join us each Friday at 10:30 am for our weekly storytime on our children's stage. We will read a different story each week and create something fun following the story.
This summer, Noah's Landing is inviting 6-8 year-olds to go "behind the scenes" at the non-profit children's zoo this summer during a series of afternoon camps specially designed for our youngest animal lovers.
The Playhouse Family Music Festival rocks from 5:30-11:00 pm Friday, August 7th and 11 am-6 pm, Saturday, August 8th at the Historic Cove Creek
School in Sugar Grove, North Carolina, just 7 miles west of Boone. Chow down on barbeque Friday evening and kick back to music of Lisa Baldwin and Dave Haney and Lost Ridge or kick up your heels with a contra dance featuring Dot-Dot-Dash
The Friendship Closet is a consignment sale featuring gently used clothing, toys and equipment for babies, children and maternity. The event is a fundraiser and mission outreach of the Friendship Circle at Apex United Methodist Church, raising money for local women's and children's missions.
The Fall/Winter 2009 Sale will take place Friday -Saturday, August 7-8 in the Christian Life Center (CLC) of Apex UMC.
Consignor drop-off will be on Friday, August 7 from 10:00am - 3:00pm.
Spend the evening with Trish Miller, who will perform her music and stories at Bass Lake Park, 900 Bass Lake Road, Holly Springs. Toddlers to early elementary school age kids love her music the best.
